The eldest son of the red mansion

After Zhang Chaoxin gave his orders, he flung his robe sleeves and got back into the sedan chair. Then the bearer carried the imperial envoy and yelled, and went to the house arranged for him by the prefect of Yangzhou.

The subsequent house raids went very smoothly. No matter what, Wang Yinggeng was the leader of the salt merchants in Yangzhou, and more than 400 million taels of silver came from his home.

Zhang Chaoxin finally breathed a sigh of relief when he arrived. With these welcome money, although he was a little negligent this time, he could still have an explanation in front of the emperor.

This time, Zhang Chaoxin cut through the mess quickly and directly dealt with the leader of the salt merchants in Jiangnan, and immediately shocked all these merchants in Jiangnan.

At first, they were still a little ready to move, but now all the business gangs and chambers of commerce are honest, but they are afraid that they will be caught by Zhang Chaoxin if they are the first birds, and their families will be wiped out.

When officials from all over the south of the Yangtze River saw this imperial envoy, they acted so vigorously and resolutely, and even Wang Yinggeng, the business leader in the south of the Yangtze River, was taken down because he opposed the government's decree, so he dared not neglect.

As a result, business taxes in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River were implemented very smoothly. This time, no businessman dared to make any moves. These people started to pay taxes honestly with the intention of saving money and avoiding disasters.

As a result, the commercial policies decided by Jia Ke began to be implemented throughout the country, and the most important commercial tax was carried out most smoothly.

Three months later, when Jia Ke received the three-month business tax report from Jia Yucun, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, she immediately beamed with a smile.

It turns out that the tax revenue of these three months is already worth last year's business tax. If this situation continues, the court's business tax can be increased by four or five times this year.If other taxes are added, the imperial court can earn at least 5000 million taels of silver this year.This is not counting the agricultural tax in spring and autumn.

Jia Ke already has a plan for the use of these silver. Except that most of it will be used for national construction, disaster prevention and preparation, and water conservancy dredging, more than 1000 million taels will be left every year. With the food and grass that came, he will be able to realize his dream of the Northern Expedition to the Tatars.

Since Jia Ke came out of the mountain, he has been fighting with the Tatars, and at the same time, the Tatars are also Jia Ke's lucky star. Every time he wins a big victory over the Tatars, Jia Ke can go one step further.

This time, Jia Ke plans to defeat the Tatars, then regain the 36 countries in the Western Regions, open up land passages with the West, and reproduce the prosperity of the Silk Road in the heyday of Tang Dynasty.

Jia Ke was happy here, but someone was furious.

This person is none other than the young master. This young master is no longer in Yangzhou, but in the capital.

It turned out that this time, Jia Ke's Enke, the young master, also participated, but his suspicions were too serious, and he never wanted to expose himself unless it was absolutely necessary, so this time he felt that he did well in the exam, so he didn't ask Sun Yan for help. .

In the end, this young man was still too confident. Although he was on the list this time, he fell into the top three.

Now this young master spent a lot of money to avoid being dispatched to the district as a county magistrate, and now he is studying in the Ministry of Rites.

But since Wang Yinggeng was taken down by Zhang Chaoxin, this young man has cut off most of his financial resources. Now he can barely maintain the size of his spies with his previous savings, but it seems that there is no way to continue. .

This young master walks back and forth in the mansion in the capital, she is really uncomfortable now.

And the butler standing next to him was also frowning.

"Master, if you don't transfer money next month, many kites will lose their strings."

After hearing this, the young man was even more troubled, "What do you want me to do? After Wang Yinggeng was arrested, we couldn't find such a big source of money for a while."

The butler rolled his eyes, then said, "Master, can we clarify our identities with the young lady through Nanny Zhu. The young lady is now in charge of Jia Ke's inner palace. Silver here."

After the young master heard this, his eyes turned red, and he turned to the housekeeper and said, "Don't mention this matter again, this is our trump card, and it can only be used once. Do you think she can really cover the sky with one hand in the harem?" ?”

After the butler finished listening, he sighed and stopped talking.

"From next month, cut off those unimportant lines, leaving only the dark lines in the court."

After hearing this, the housekeeper had no choice but to go and make arrangements. After all, this was the last resort.

After the housekeeper left, the little boy sat on the desk frowning. He originally had great ambitions, and wanted to fulfill his father's wish, to be the Nine-Five Supreme, but unexpectedly, the reality slapped him hard. .

The time soon came to the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and during this time, Jia's mother had already approached Jia Ke several times to discuss Jia Baoyu's marriage.

During this time, Jia Baoyu lived in the palace, and started to go crazy with his sisters again. Not only those sisters and sisters, there are many beautiful girls in the palace. This time, Jia Baoyu is really like a mouse in a granary. .

As the queen, although Qin Keqing is very displeased with Jia Baoyu's behavior, she can only bear with it temporarily with Jia's mother protecting her. As long as Jia Baoyu doesn't do too much, she will just turn a blind eye and close her eyes. Only eyes.

Although it is said that Jia's mother is protecting Jia Baoyu, Jia's mother has been a good person for many years, so she can naturally see Qin Keqing's dissatisfaction.

In order to calm down the conflict, Jia's mother wanted Jia Baoyu to marry Lin Daiyu as soon as possible, and then asked Jia Ke to arrange a house for them, and then they would make troubles.

And Jia Ke got Jia's mother's order, so naturally he couldn't wish for it. He had long thought of getting Jia Baoyu out of the palace.

So Jia Ke decreed on the same day that Jia Baoyu cleaned up the Nan'an County Prince's Mansion that had been nationalized before, arranged maids and eunuchs, and changed the sign to Fu Wang's Mansion for him.

And after Jia Baoyu got the news, he also went out of the palace to visit the palace a few times in person, and felt very satisfied, because after nearly a hundred years of construction, the scale of the palace of Nan'an County has far surpassed many Prince's Mansion.

Then Jia Baoyu started to get hooked. He ordered the eunuchs who followed him to remove all the plaques and couplets in the Fuwang Mansion, and then he personally took a pen and changed all the couplets on each door.

Immediately after finishing the modification, he ordered the eunuch to find someone to make it, and he also sent a message that on the day of his marriage, he would show his talents to everyone in the capital.

Jia Baoyu was also troubled by Jia Zheng, because although Jia Zheng is now the Supreme Emperor and enjoys boundless wealth in the palace, his Confucian problems have not changed.

When Jia Zheng was bored, all he could do was invite the old Hanlins from the Hanlin Academy to chat in his Kangning Palace.

Another pleasure of Jia Zheng was to call his two sons, who had been divided into King Fu and King Kang, to Kangning Palace to test their knowledge from time to time.

As a result, there was no distinction between Jia Baoyu and Jia Huan.

As far as reciting poems and composing right, Jia Baoyu is indeed talented, which many old Hanlin admired very much.But in the Four Books and Five Classics in the middle, he was a little out of touch.

Although Jia Huan's talent is not strong, and he is far behind Jia Baoyu's almost photographic mind, he has an advantage that Jia Baoyu does not have, that is, perseverance.

Therefore, in the Four Books and Five Classics, Jia Huan has worked hard. Although it can't be said that he climbed up in the middle of the night, he still studied every day without falling behind, which is not much different from Jia Zhu back then.

So the comparison between the two of them has its own advantages and disadvantages. Although those old Hanlin think that Jia Baoyu has gone astray, after all, he is the emperor's son, the emperor's younger brother, so they can only pinch their noses to think that the two have no conscience. People are equal.

Who is Jia Zheng?That is a gentleman who is upright. Although the old Hanlin think that there is no distinction between top and bottom out of conscience, he thinks that Jia Huan is ahead of Jia Baoyu in terms of reading.

So every time at the end, Jia Zheng had to reprimand Jia Baoyu several times. Fortunately, their family has reached the extreme now, and there is no need for Jia Baoyu to study to glorify their ancestors.

Chapter 692

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of May, Jia Ke held a grand banquet in the side hall of Qianqing Palace, and invited all the relatives of the emperor to the palace for a reunion.

In addition to these people, there are also some people who are Jia Ke's cronies, civil and military. These people followed Jia Ke to fight in the north and south, and Jia Ke treated them very kindly.

After drinking heavily, Jia Ke sat on the throne and coughed, and the lively scene below immediately quieted down.

And Jia Ke said with a smile: "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and I have another happy event to share with you."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, she turned to Xiao Yue below and said, "Xiao Aiqing, come to the middle."

As soon as Xiao Yue heard Jia Ke's words, his face turned red. He twitched a bit, stood up from his seat, came to the center of the hall, and knelt down on the ground.

Jia Ke then spoke, "Xiao Aiqing, these years of fighting in the South and the North have made a lot of military achievements, and now Xiao Aiqing is named Marquis of Anyang."

Xiao Yue kowtowed again and again after listening to it. It is every man's ultimate goal to be named a marquis and worship general, and now he has finally achieved it.

Jia Ke went on to say: "My sister Jia Yingchun is a virtuous and virtuous woman, and she is now conferred the title of Princess Heyang. Princess Heyang is just reaching her young age, and she bestows Xiao Yue in marriage."

After everyone was in an uproar after listening to it, they looked at Xiao Yue with envious eyes. This time, this kid was not only sealed as a Marquis, but also married the emperor's favorite sister. His future is boundless.